🚀 SiteBay MCP Server

Manage WordPress hosting through natural language with Claude

Features • Installation • Configuration • Usage • Support

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives Claude direct access to the SiteBay WordPress hosting platform. Manage sites, execute commands, and control your cloud infrastructure—all through conversation.

✨ Features

🌐 Site Management

List all your hosted WordPress sites
Get detailed site information (active, HTTP auth, plan)
Create new WordPress sites using ready-made templates
Update settings (Cloudflare, domain, HTTP auth, Git URL)
Delete sites

⚡ Site Operations

Execute shell commands on SiteBay servers
Run WP-CLI commands directly
Edit files in wp-content directory

🛠 Advanced Features

🔜 Point-in-time backup restores
🔜 Team management for collaborative hosting
🔜 WordPress/Shopify/PostHog API proxy

🗺 Helper Tools

Browse ready-made site templates
🔜 Account and billing information

📦 Installation

🎯 Via Smithery (Fastest)

npx -y @smithery/cli install @sitebay/sitebay-mcp --client claude

📦 Using uvx (Recommended)

# Install and run directly
uvx sitebay-mcp

# Or install for repeated use
uv tool install sitebay-mcp
sitebay-mcp

🌐 HTTP Transport

💡 Recommended for hosted deployments

# Defaults to 127.0.0.1:7823
uvx sitebay-mcp --http

# Or specify host/port
uvx sitebay-mcp --http --host 0.0.0.0 --port 7823

# Environment variables also supported
MCP_TRANSPORT=http MCP_HTTP_HOST=0.0.0.0 MCP_HTTP_PORT=7823 uvx sitebay-mcp

🐍 Using pip

pip install sitebay-mcp

# Or from source
git clone https://github.com/sitebay/sitebay-mcp.git
cd sitebay-mcp && pip install -e .

⚙️ Configuration

Step 1: Get Your API Token

Log in to my.sitebay.org
Navigate to Settings → API Tokens
Generate and copy your token

Step 2: Configure Claude Desktop

Choose your installation method:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sitebay": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["sitebay-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SITEBAY_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sitebay": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "sitebay_mcp.server"],
      "env": {
        "SITEBAY_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sitebay": {
      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:7823",
      "env": {
        "SITEBAY_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config File Locations

Platform	Path
🍎 macOS	`~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
🪟 Windows	`%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json`
�� Linux	`~/.config/claude/claude_desktop_config.json`

💬 Usage Examples

🆕 Create a Site

Create a new WordPress site on team 00000000-0000-4000-a000-000000000000 
with domain "www.example.org", blog name "Example", admin Jane Smith 
(email admin@example.org), username "taylor89", password "AStrongPassword". 
Use ready-made site "blog-basic" and set Git URL to https://github.com/acme/wp-site

📋 Manage Sites

List all my WordPress sites and show their current status
Get detailed information about myblog.example.com
Enable Cloudflare dev mode for myblog.example.com
Turn on HTTP auth for myblog.example.com

🖥️ Execute Commands

Run "wp plugin list" on myblog.example.com
Execute "wp search-replace 'http://old.com' 'https://new.com'" on myblog.example.com
Check disk usage on myblog.example.com with "df -h"

📁 File Management

Edit the style.css file in my active theme on myblog.example.com

🧰 Available Tools

Tool	Description
`sitebay_list_sites`	List all WordPress sites hosted on SiteBay
`sitebay_get_site`	Get detailed information about a hosted site
`sitebay_create_site`	Create a new WordPress site on SiteBay
`sitebay_update_site`	Update site configuration
`sitebay_delete_site`	Delete a hosted site
`sitebay_site_shell_command`	Execute shell/WP-CLI commands
`sitebay_site_edit_file`	Edit files in wp-content
`sitebay_list_ready_made_sites`	List available ready-made templates

🔒 Security

✅ API tokens stored securely in environment variables
✅ All communications use HTTPS encryption
✅ Tokens can be revoked anytime from your dashboard
✅ MCP server runs locally—no data stored

🐛 Troubleshooting

Verify your API token is correct
Check that the token is properly set in the environment variable
Ensure the token hasn't expired
Try regenerating from your SiteBay account

Check your internet connection
Verify SiteBay service status
Check firewall settings
Try restarting Claude Desktop

Restart Claude Desktop after configuration changes
Verify the configuration file location
Check JSON syntax is valid
Ensure uvx or Python is properly installed

🤝 Contributing

Fork the repository
Create a feature branch
Make your changes
Add tests for new functionality
Ensure all tests pass
Submit a pull request

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

🆘 Support

Resource	Link
🐛 Issues	GitHub Issues
📖 API Docs	SiteBay API Documentation
💬 Help	SiteBay Help Center

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